Nehemiah 8:8

“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.”

"So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." - Nehemiah 8:8
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What does Nehemiah 8:8 mean?

Nehemiah 8:8 (KJV) reads, "So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." This verse reflects a significant moment in the biblical narrative, capturing the scene of the Jewish people returning to Jerusalem…

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Understanding the Word: A Journey Through Nehemiah 8:8

In Nehemiah 8:8, we find a profound moment of revival among the people of Israel: "So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." This verse encapsulates not just an event, but a powerful methodology of…

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A Prayer for Understanding and Revelation through His Word

Dear Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a humble heart, seeking to encounter Your presence through the sacred text of Scripture. In Nehemiah 8:8, You instruct us: "So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand…

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Nehemiah 10:8 - "Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests."
Nehemiah 7:8 - "The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two."
Nehemiah 11:8 - "And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight."
Nehemiah 4:8 - "And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it."
"Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests." - Nehemiah 10:8
Nehemiah 13:8 - "And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber."
Nehemiah 12:8 - "Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren."
Nehemiah 8:11 - "So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved."
Nehemiah 8:14 - "And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:"
Nehemiah 6:8 - "Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart."
Nehemiah 8:9 - "¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law."
"The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two." - Nehemiah 7:8
Nehemiah 8:5 - "And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:"
Nehemiah 8:13 - "¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law."
Nehemiah 8:2 - "And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month."
"And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight." - Nehemiah 11:8
Nehemiah 8:6 - "And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground."
Nehemiah 8:12 - "And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them."
Nehemiah 1:8 - "Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:"
"And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it." - Nehemiah 4:8
"And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:" - Nehemiah 9:8
Nehemiah 8:7 - "Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place."
Nehemiah 3:8 - "Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall."
Nehemiah 8:1 - "And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel."
Nehemiah 8:18 - "Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner."